If only you knew who I was lol
I am the LAST person you need to sell on Duclair!!
I coach one of the two teams that feed the LSL Lions every year.
The year the LSL Lions won the Midget AAA championship in Quebec, and won Bronze in the Canadian championsips, Duclair was on the first line with 2 STUDS.
1 goes by the name of Jonathan Drouin, Don't think I need to say anything else on him
The other was Anthony De Luca (currently has 26 pts in 17 games in QMJHL).
The line was straight up unstoppable.
His character has NOTHING to do with it, 29 teams "ont manquer le bateau" (missed the boat) like we like to say in french.
I don't know who you are, but I can tell you, you're totally wrong!
Duclair and Drouin were on the same Midget AAA team, when they won those championships, BUT NEVER played even strength together. It was a 1-2 punch, Duke on the 1st line and Drouin on the 2nd line. This is why the other teams couldn't compete. They could cover 1 line but not both. They played together on PP ONLY, and the entire 2 mins.
Deluca NEVER played with Duclair and Drouin in Midget AAA. He joined the year after, when Duclair had already gone to the Remparts and Drouin left mid season to Halifax. Then, Deluca took over.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but we need to be precise in these things.
For the rest, I agree with you. Because they believed P. Roy more then believed what the Duke could do on the ice, they passed on him....
Sincerely, a friend who personally know the Duke, via my son.